The formal name of this cloud is an altocumulus standing lenticular cloud. ... CBS4 Timelapse Captures Cool Lenticular Cloud Near Denver. October 17, 2017 / 12:58 PM / CBS Colorado ...

They can separate into altocumulus standing lenticular, stratocumulus standing lenticular, and cirrocumulus standing lenticular clouds. Gallery.

LOUISVILLE, KY (WAVE) - They have been mistaken for flying saucers throughout history, and even a stack of pancakes by the hungry, but lenticular clouds are far from being unidentified flying objects.

Standing tall at 11,250 feet, Mount Hood usually has the sky to itself. That wasn’t the case last week when, during an already-stunning sunrise, a giant lenticular cloud formed over the peak ...

The cloud is altocumulus standing lenticularis, Latin for “lens-shaped.” Lenticular clouds develop in high pressure situations when there are strong winds high up in the atmosphere.

Lenticular clouds are stationary lens-shaped clouds that form at high altitudes, and are normally aligned perpendicular to the wind direction.

Lenticular clouds — officially known as Altocumulus Standing Lenticular clouds and often resembling flying saucers — are formed when an “optimal flow” of fast moving, and roughly ...

Lenticular clouds are stationary lens-shaped clouds that form at high altitudes, and are normally aligned perpendicular to the wind direction.